The Saint-Tropez Polo Club is one of the rare clubs in France to have its own Polo School, inaugurated on July 1, 2004.

Polo is a demanding sport, requiring good horsemanship, excellent physical condition, regular training and perfect familiarity with game rules and technical aspects.

The Polo School offers a practical or theoretical approach to each of these aspects, so beginners can rapidly integrate a team and play in a tournament.

 

You can book a half-day training session with one of our instructors from mid-June to mid-September, on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings. All our instructors are professional players.

In our indoor room, you will learn the basics and ground rules of polo, plus the game's specific hitting techniques.

You will then evolve to horseback practice on the ground.

The Polo Club supplies full official gear (helmet, shirt, mallet, boots, knee pads, balls, etc.), plus of course a suitable polo pony from the Club stables.

Your instructor will guide you through your first hits and help you excel in the art of polo.

Beginners kick off at a standstill then walking, so they can learn different hitting techniques while familiarizing themselves with field positions, their team mates, opponents and the various phases of the game.

You will then start learning to hit the ball at a canter.

When your level is good enough, your instructor will place you in real-life game conditions, playing 1 against 1, then 2 against 2, 3 against 3 and, finally, in a full game.